Get ready to meet the folks bringing life to the folks using these mechanical arms.
Earlier today, the official Mecha-Ude Kickstarter released a backers-only update to announce three of the show’s lead voice actors, as well as details on the show’s theme song.
We break the details down below:
Trailer
The 50-second teaser offers a look at the title in action, with theme song Ambivalent playing as a background track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x94elCipH0
Cast
The series will star the following:
- Hikaru Amatsuga: Toshiyuki Toyonaga
- Arme (Hikaru’s Mecha-ude): Tomokazu Sugita
- Aki Murasame: Yu Shimamura
The roles for Sinis & Dex (Aki’s Mecha-udes), as well as villain Jun Kagami will be announced at a later date. Visuals for the main characters were also unveiled, which you can check out below:
Theme Song
Japanese musician Eve will perform the show’s theme song, Ambivalent.
The Mecha-Ude project is currently targeting a June 2018 launch, following a delay from December 2017.
Sae Okamoto will make her directorial début with the project, which is being produced by Trif Studio. Previously, she provided background art for Sushi Police. In addition, Okamoto’s worked as an animator on several projects, including Tenkai Knights and Danchi Tomoo.
CyberConnect2 President and CEO Hiroshi Matsuyama is attached to the title as a Project Supervisor.
Other team members attached to the project include:
- Compositor: Tatsushi Momen (Sushi Police, Director)
- Music: Narasaki (Deadman Wonderland, Paradise Kiss)
- Sound Engineer: Seiji Toda / S.O.L.I.D Sound Lab (Armored Trooper VOTOMS, Code Geass, Gundam Build Fighters)
Okamoto describes Mecha-Ude as:
Hero was a high schooler living an ordinary life.
One day, he meets a very strong and intelligent mechanical arm named “Mecha-ude”. After a strange turn of events, the “Mecha-ude” started living inside Hero’s hoodie and the two’s life full of trouble begins.
As the boy and his “Mecha-ude” fights together and strengthen their bonds, the two also meets new friends who also fights along with each of their own unique “Mecha-ude” partners.
Out of those, one of the heroine has two “Mecha-ude” which appears out of her skirt. An active girl with a totally opposite characteristics from hero himself, he gradually becomes attracted to her.
But the two are confronted with other “Mecha-ude” users who are in search of the secret of “Mecha-ude” relentlessly.
The campaign reached its funding goal on October 15, 2017, and went on to raise $67,918 across 999 backers.
Source: Kickstarter
